CNG 87, Lot: 1834. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Toscana (Granducato). Cosimo III de’ Medici. 1670-1723. AR Piastre (45mm, 30.95 g, 6h). Firenze (Florence) mint. Dated 1680. Armored and draped bust right / S. Giovanni standing left, holding long cross and baptizing Jesus standing right in the River Jordan, both wearing nimbus crowns; above, dove flying right, head lowered left. CNI XI 60; Morosini 3; Davenport 4211. VF, lightly toned.

From the HLT Collection.